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Poem of the week
You are baking cakes
and licking the back of a spoon
like a child with a lolly at a fair.
When I see you place
the spittle glistening spoon
back into the mixture and stir,
I accept I’ll never sleep again
because this is the nightmare
there’s no waking up from.
You itch your nose
on the shoulder of your t-shirt
read on
